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“The legitimate review: I’m not a Biblical scholar or any scholar for that matter, however I enjoy these sorts of intellectual conversations about scholarly or academic topics, particularly those relevant to religion and philosophy (which essentially means almost anything). This show offers a unique perspective on topics relevant to Biblical studies in an entertaining and digestible way that is often used by some with certainly less credentials. However, even with those who tend to come with more credentials in the conservative Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox Christian world (of which I am most familiar - although I know what counts as “conservative” varies across these traditions as well), this certainly offers a more modern and - what the personalities I am familiar with would say - liberal take on Biblical studies. It’s refreshing. Yet given my lack of education on these things it is inevitable that I cannot confirm or deny the validity of much of what is said, from either this show or any other of a similar but different nature. But such is the nature of listening to education content online period; particularly when it pertains to topics that are mostly disciplinary and should never be equated with hard science. Non-review/commentary: I would like to hear an episode (not sure if it’s been done already so please forgive me) that attempts to address the framing of the show “Data over Dogma.” What is dogma? Is it ubiquitously bad? Is it ever reasonable to be dogmatic? If so when is it reasonable to drop dogma and replace it? Data may not lie, but isn’t data likewise - particularly in relation to these sorts of scholarly, non scientific material - subject to interpretation? Data has to be situated in its proper context to be understood and it’s that “context” that often forms the subject of debate. How do we go about interpreting it if we can even speak of a “right” way? Especially when the data is so ambiguous and minimal that there can be a potential limitless way of interpreting it? I think it seems fairly self evident that dogma develops over time - whether it’s an essential or tertiary change is subject for debate it seems - so perhaps viewing dogma literally as some immovable force is simply factually incoherent. Perhaps the fundamentalist interpretation of dogma is the wrong one, but is there an understanding of it that is more digestible? I would personally like to see an episode that attempts to honestly address the opposite scholarship which does not see the Bible in the kind of dogmatic way the Dans are clearly opposed to here. Not all “conservative,” claims are dogmatic fundamentalist ones. One side note: if both the authors of this show and those on “The Lord of Spirits,” from Ancient Faith Radio, could speak to each other, I think I would just have to become a patreon member… Regarding the meekness episode, I also am not entirely convinced meekness is a ubiquitous good, regardless of whether the Bible says so given how many “spiritual leaders” I have seen use meekness as a means for manipulation and control. Being wholly sheepish sounds like a terrible idea, but a good recipe for cult like behavior, so if that is solely what Jesus meant and that is what the Dan’s advocate for here, I will have to say I disagree with this Jesus emphatically. If I didn’t I would still be a fundamentalist to this day. However I do not believe that the Dan’s truly believe that we should be completely harmless as I believe that they think pursuing justice for the oppressed is more important which seems - to me at least - to require a lack of meekness to some extent and a little bit of disagreeableness to be truly effective.”
A Review with Commentary via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/23
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“I have always enjoyed Dan McClellan's videos and his takes on how to negotiate the Bible. I appreciate that Dan McClellan brilliantly presents academic information in an objective manner even when he is passionate about making points of falsehoods among evangelical Christians.
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